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Dante's Inferno 'Bad Nanny' Achievement Draws Fire from the INA

The International Nanny Association is not pleased with EA's tongue-in-cheek achievement.

EA's Dante's Inferno apparently has an achievement called Bad Nanny. The achievement is gained by the player killing a certain number of unbaptized infants. Tacky? Perhaps, and the real-life International Nanny Association is not happy at all, according to a report filed over on GamePolitics.

The International Nanny Association (INA) isn't feeling overly matronly about an achievement said to be in the upcoming Electronic Arts game Dante's Inferno.

According to UGO, the "Bad Nanny" achievement is designed to reward players who slaughter "a yet undetermined number of unbaptized infants," leading INA to say that the game component was "created out of poor taste and bad judgment."

Interestingly, reader comments accompanying the piece question whether or not this whole saga is simply the product of EA's marketing department. Earlier in the year, EA staged fake religious protests around Dante's Inferno.

Do you smell a rat?

Bryn says: I've got a sense of humor, and while the achievement is pretty tasteless, it's pretty obvious that there's no real malice intended. The content of the game will be reflected in the ESRB rating it receives, so I too am now curious to see if this is actually legitimate or another hype-machine hoax.